by Jay Hemdal | Apr 27, 2014 | CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Marine
A Marine Fish Propagation System at the Toledo Zoo by Laurie Dixon, Toledo Zoo Aquarium lead keeper You’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, it can take thousands of copepods to raise one larval fish. Our curator of fishes, Jay Hemdal, and...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 19, 2014 | Marine
By Karen Brittain Courtesy Rising Tide Conservation Updates Blog Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Centropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. (Ed: This species was formerly known as Paracentropyge venusta and Centropyge venustus, no longer valid...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 4, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
Last summer, we shared the first exciting update on a Rising Tide Conservation breeding project focusing on the Milletseed or Lemon Butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris, from the team at University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab. Now, approximately 7 months...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 14, 2013 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
By Matt Pedersen & Coral Staff While spawning reports for various members of the iconic reef fish subfamily Anthiinae have been recorded in marine aquariums over the years, to date these beautiful shoaling species have resisted being raised successfully in...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 23, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
Back in 2006, I found myself facing an interesting question – how many eggs were my Onxy Percs (Amphiprion percula “Onyx”) laying? It’s impossible to hedge anything more than a guess just by looking…definitely more than 10…probably...
